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Tesni could take losing, there is no one who’s undefeated in everything they do, but it was the idea that those two having smug little grins on their face that agitated her. She wanted to smash that smug face of Chinami’s in… and Tsubasa’s too. She subconsciously adjusted her grip on her staff and shifter her weight, but as she felt herself about to spring forth while the King was making their speech, the wiser side of her pulled her back. She had no doubt that she could win any form of martial combat, to her it was as inevitable as the sun rising in the morning and setting at night, but this niggling voice in her head was saying ‘You could definitely win the fight… but if you do, what will you actually get for your effort?’ and she suddenly felt so very, very… bored? This was wrong, a great fight was about start but now it felt so pointless. 

Then Chinami really unloaded at her.

Saying how Tesni was reckless, stupid, and sent a lethal attack at a support type magical girl. All of which were absolutely true. Tesni let Chinami’s words wash over her like she was a rock in a river, and even started licking her lips as she could almost hear the high and mighty ‘royalty’ dripping from Chinami’s voice. ‘Genuinely disappointed’, Tesni might have been hurt by those words if she didn’t judge herself by anyone’s standards but her own… but still the sheer disdain and disregard didn’t fail to rile her up when she thought she had calmed down. Then suddenly it hit Tesni. Chinami was trying so hard to find the grey. She desperately wanted to find the good, to find the middle ground, the third way, a better way. Chinami… was an idiot. Searching for another way, desperately hoping for one, was the perfect way for someone to get caught up in their own head looking for options and find themselves not making a choice at all. And trusting Tsubasa, someone who spoke almost exclusively in riddles was the height of foolishness. But Tesni couldn’t bring herself to hate the stupid parts of Chinami. After all, Tesni felt deep in her bones… right now what she really wanted was far… far stupider than Chinami searching for a better way. 

If Tesni ever said what she truly wanted from the bottom of her heart she wondered how they would look at her. They would definitely call her an idiot, they already called her that. They would almost definitely call her insane… and most of all they’d wonder if she’s a magical girl at all. But the heart wants what the heart wants and despite hating the idea of seeing those disgusting smug grins on their faces, if Tsubasa was after what Tesni vaguely hoped… she might be able to get what she wants… and if she was lucky she could even see those smug faces contort into something grotesque.

[color=gold][i]Am I really going to do this? Do I really have a chance?[/i][/color] she felt he heart racing and felt giddy at the idea forming in her head, all the strange pieces of a puzzle she wasn’t aware was there fitting into place… it could happen, and she’d be a bigger idiot than they thought if she didn’t at least try. After all, if it doesn’t turn out as she hoped, it’s never too late to ‘flip the table’ so to speak.

Then Ozma showed up. Tesni always had an odd feeling around her, it was never anything concrete, but she had always been a creature of instinct and her instinct was to not trust Ozma. That said her gut instinct was that everyone was some level of untrustworthy, so that feeling [i]shouldn’t[/i] really mean anything special. Maybe it was the fact that in her Grimoire she had the moniker of the ‘man behind the curtain’ so whenever she met the illustrious magical girl Tesni felt she never actually ‘met’ her. Still, she put on a smile and turned to Ozma, after all she was the boss and an easy out for the situation.

[color=gold]“Nice to see ya, Ozzy. Oh, don’t worry, I would never do something stupid like endanger a teammate or a civilian. I mean, Miss Enigmatic is neither a teammate nor a civilian, right? But I didn’t know you two were best friends or something. I guess I was getting all worked up over nothing.”[/color] Tesni did find that being blunt and honest did have a way of catching people who liked to be the mastermind off guard. It’s like they expect everyone to play the social games to their rules. Plus, it was always fun to see how quickly they get back on track. How quickly the smile comes to the face as they laugh her off as just an idiot.

[color=gold]“Well don’t I feel like an absolute fool. Chinami, I have to say I feel very embarrassed now. I mean, look! Miss Ozzy is talking to Miss Enigmatic as if they’re peers. How could I even hope to hurt someone who is on the level of Ozzy? We are so far out of our depth here aren’t we? They’re so much more experienced than us, we are absolute amateurs compared to them, right?”[/color] Turning to Tsubasa, Tesni’s stupid grin never left her face as she scratched the back of her head.

[color=gold]“There is no need to worry about me anymore, Miss Enigmatic. I’m sure you and Ozzy have some catching up to do. Oh, before you go and catch up with your friend, let me know if you ever need a simple hammer to hit some nails. Since I caused such a mess here, I’d love to make it up to you some time. After all, Chinami is absolutely right. Able to tame Pageless, force them to converge in a single area. And as I previously said, compared to you I am absolutely amateur, but to my eye that was all passive! You made it look so effortless and easy. Who knows what else you can accomplish if you put your mind to it, right?”[/color] Her eyes were almost sparkling as she spoke.

[color=gold]“You do not have a thing to worry about at all, Chinami. I think I have found a reason to stick around and like I said to Miss Enigmatic, I’m a blunt object best used like one. The simple idea of ‘destroy Pageless’ is something I can easily do. I’ll say this though, I lack the discerning eye you clearly possess so I am very likely to continue making mistakes, but I’ve never let my mistakes stop me.”
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